The Meaning Shift in Relationships to Our Body

Rachel: I think very often related to mothers is our relationship to our bodies. We grow up in a culture that teaches us that women are the sexual objects of men's desire and that women are supposed to be desirable. So then it's hard if you're in that frame to think of your husband's desire as legitimate because how could he be attracted to me, she says. Rachel: The meaning shift is to redefine what it means to be desirable and look in the mirror every day for one thing that you value with your body that you find attractive. It will get easier with time if you keep doing it but we're so accustomed to scanning for what is not acceptable to us rather